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| Health and Well-Being, Meditation, Repose, Contemplation, and Solace |
| During recent years, the effects of harp music have been researched and well documented. Studies have demonstrated a beneficial relationship of harp music upon physiological responses such as blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration. Studies have shown that the heart rate decreases and oxygenation levels increase when harp music is played. Additionally, research has substantiated beneficial effects on perceived levels of pain, anxiety and mood. Harp music can provide an atmosphere of comfort, warmth and safety. Those trained and certified in the delivery of harp music as an adjunctive modality in overall health and well-being, using a small therapy harp, with the goal of supporting the listener’s emotional, psychological, spiritual, or physiological well-being. |
| Hospitals, Hospices and Assisted Living Facilities are examples of where harp music can be utilized. In Hospitals, the sounds of the harp can comfort a patient who might be experiencing anxiety. Additionally, harp music helps provide a warm environment permitting the patient to relax rather than focusing on the continual sound of medical equipment or monitors. |
 
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| Hospices often utilize soothing harp music as part of the overall plan of palliative care for the patient. Harp music often assist patients and their families in finding solace from stress and pain, while providing support to both the patients and their caregivers, and can often elicit feelings of deep inner peace. |
 Residents in Assisted Living Facilities can benefit from harp music as well. When targeted harp music is played for residents with varying stages of Alzheimer ’s disease, often these residents are able to access memory through songs from their past. Substantial research has documented the extraordinary effects of harp music on those that suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. |
 Cynthy Johnson is a Certified Therapeutic Harp Practitioner (CTHP). She is a graduate of the International Harp Therapy Program, which provided education and training in the application of harp in a variety of environments. She is accomplished in appropriate harp repertoire and improvisation and has practical knowledge and experience of a wide range of study including interpersonal skills, and special training to meet the needs of recipients in both acute and long term care facilities. Cynthy is committed to fostering trust, insuring confidentiality, respectfulness, and sensitivity. |
 Cynthy Johnson provides facilities, in and around the greater Richmond area, with services as a Certified Therapeutic Harp Practitioner, including in-service presentations and workshops.Partial List of Clients Westminster Canterbury Beth Sholom Home The Hermitage at Cedarfields Covenant Woods Lakewood Manor Central Virgina Cursillo Beth Sholom Gardens Lucy Corr Village |
| Cynthy Johnson, CTHP with Cheryl Kyle MM, MT-BC
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| Cynthy Johnson, CTHP |
| Cynthy Johnson is a Certified, Therapeutic Harp Practitioner, Therapeutic Musician. She graduaded from a Harp Therapy Program accredited by the Board of Therapeutic Musicians. To learn more about the highly specialized training and certification required of all Therapeutic Musicians, and especially Certified Therapeutic Harpists, please visit The National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians. |